Bill O'Brien takes great pride in Penn State draft prospects he once coached

For as long as it seems Bill O’Brien has been the head coach of the Houston Texans, there are five players in this draft class O’Brien recruited and coached during his tenure at Penn State.

O’Brien was asked about those players during his press conference at the NFL Scouting Combine. The coach is clearly proud of his former Nittany Lion charges.

“No doubt,” O’Brien responded when asked if he felt pride in those players. “There were a lot of those guys at the Senior Bowl. So, Mike Gesicki was there, DaeSean (Hamilton) was there, Adam Breneman – who I know he transferred to U Mass, but he was a guy that we recruited and coached when I was there. So, it was great to see all those guys.”

Coach O’Brien continued,

“They made a commitment to come to Penn State during a tough time and so those are guys that are wise beyond their years. They’re bright guys. They love their teammates. They were very, very good at the Senior Bowl, in the interviews, in practices and things like that. I think that all of us that were at Penn State in ’12 and ’13 are very proud of what’s going on at Penn State right now with that football program and where they’re at and looking forward to continue to see it build.”

It will be interesting to see if the Texans draft any of those players. Gesicki, in particular, seems to be a very impressive prospect at a position of Texans need, tight end. Defensive tackles Parker Cothren and Curtis Cothran are the other two players.

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